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The Time Magazine has come up with its annual list of100 most influential people in the world. One deafperson on the list is surprising – Super Bowl playerDerrick Coleman! Is he more influential than MarleeMatlin or the NAD CEO or the Gallaudet presidentor the NTID director? The playing career of a typicalNFL player is short. These players could be cut orinjured. This is not to say that Derrick will becut or injured – but we can never know!

— Marlee Matlin understands cops better than us

If you discuss police stuff with Marlee Matlin, youwill realize one thing – that she understands much moreabout cops than any of us! Why? Because her husbandis a police officer. This was the point Marlee wastrying to explain in a recent video that was producedby the American Civil Liberties Union. This video wasto explain to us what are our rights in case the policestop and/or arrest us!

— a nurse that was cruel to the deaf

Nurses are supposed to be understanding when dealing withdeaf patients. Christopher Cooper, a male Britishnurse wasn’t. When a deaf employee passed him in thehallways, he would cover his mouth and say somethingvery inappropriate with her. With a deaf patient thatwanted a TV set, he would mock interpreters on thescreen. He would also bully other deaf employees.He was brought up for a disciplinary hearing andwas fired, his 25-year career with the hospitaldown the drain.